Pedestal tiebar



July 14, 1925.

H. M. PFLAGER PEDESTAL TIEBAR Filed June 9, 1924 Mam Patented July 14, 1925.

HARRY M. PFLAGER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

COMPANY,- OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, .A

ASSIGNOR T COMMONWEALTH STEEL CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY..

PEDESTAL TIEBAR.

Application led .Tune 9, 1924. Serial No' 718,778.

To all whom t may concern Be. it Vknown that I, HARRY M. PFLAGER, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pedestal Tiebars, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to railroad stock and consists in an improved tie bar construction.

The object of my invention is to prevent the dropping or other accidental removal of pedestal tie bars when the nuts of their retaining. bolts are lost.

More specifically I desire to provide tie bars with integral elements adapted to engage portions of the pedestal to hold the tie ar in place irrespective of the presence of thlef nut of the tie bar bolt or even the bolt itse In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my-inventionp Figure 1 is an elevation of a portiorfof a car truck showing one of the pedestals with a preferred form of my invention incorporated in the pedestal tie bar.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are similar views and illustrate modifications of my invention referred to below.

In the construction shown in Figure 1,'the pedestal 1 may be of any ordinary type in which the lower portions of the pedestal jaws terminate in flanges 2, and, in the pedestal illustrated, I show side walls 3 on the pedestal jaws which extend outwardly the same distance as the lower ilanges 2. e tie bar 4 is provided at one end with a hook 5 extending upwardly and inwardly and adapted to receive the pedestal Hange 2. The other end of the tie bar is bent upwardly as indicated at 6 to form a shoulder engaging the outer edge of the other pedestal Hangs 2 to prevent lateral movement rolling pedestal of the tie bar to a position in which hook lll:

will be disengaged from its pedestal Hangs.

It will be understood that the tie bar may be distorted to the dot-anddash-line poeltion indicated in which its righthand end may be withdrawn beneath the righthand jaw of the pedestal. This distortion will only be produced by the application of a greater force than the weight of the tie bar so that loss of nut 7 will not result necessarily in the disengagement of the tie bar from its bolt 8. Even if nut 7 and bolt 8 were removed, the presence of either nut 9 or bolt 10 on the hook end of the tie bar would prevent the dropping or removal of the tie bar.

In the modification shown in Figure 2,the righthandend of the tie bar l1 hasno upwardly extending lug to engage the edge of the pedestal flange 12. In other respects, the two tie bars correspond. In both of the forms shownin Figures land 2 the parallel elements of the tie bar hook are drawn together by bolts 10 and 13 and their respective nuts.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, the lower flanges 14 on the pedestal extend laterally beyond the side walls 15 of the pedestal and this construction makes it feasible to slide the tie bar 16 onto the flanges 14 in a direction parallel with the'axis of the journal mounted in the pedestal. Accord mgly, each end of the tie bar has a hook 17 formed thereon which will support the -tie bar independently of the bolts 1S and their nuts 19. So long as oneor both of the bolts 18 are in place, it will be impossible for the tie bar to become disassembled from the pedestal irrespective of the presence of nuts 19.

In the modification shown in Figure 4, the tie bar 2O is shown as fitting snugly against the edges of 'pedestal flanges 21, thereby adding the feature of frictional engagement of the ianges by the tie bar to further resist the accidental removal of the tie bar. Y

Various other modications of my invention will suggest themselves to those familiar with the art and I contemplate the use of such modifications as fall within the scope of my claim.

I claim:

1. In combination, a car truck tie bar having a laterally open hook at ong end, and means for drawing the sides ol said hook toward each other.

2. Incombination, a car truck tie bar havl ing a laterally open hook at one end, and means in said hook for anchoring said hook on a edestal ange.

3. n a truck, a tie bar, a laterally o en hook at one end, and a pin exten lng throu h the sides of said hook.

4. n a truck tie bar, integral means adapted to en age a pedestal jaw to prevent dropping of t e bar from an assembled position on the jaw, and integral means to engage a pedestal jaw to prevent lateral movement of the bar from said assembledposition.

5. In combination with a pedestal having horizontal flanges at the lower ends of its jaws, a tie bar contacting with the lower surfaces of said'flanges and having one end bent upwardly and baekwardly over one of said fianges, and a bolt through the bent portion of said bar and the'adjacent pedestal ange.

6. ln combination with a pedestal and a tie bar, an integral element on one end of said tie bar engaging said pedestal to prevent dropping oir the tie bar, and an in- Lames-1 tegral element on the other end of said tie bar for engaging said pedestal to prevent lateral movement of said tie bar in a given direction.

7. In combination with a pedestal having a horizontal Han e on its bottom, a tie bar having a hook w ich may be slid over said flange in a horizontalplane, and means on said bar for engaging said pedestal to prevent withdrawal of saidohook.

8. In combination with a pedestal having a horizontal flange on its bottom, a tie bar having a hook engaging said fiange, and a bolt extending through said flange and hook.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this 28th day of May, 1924.

n. M. ramena. 

